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Faber may refer to:
Faber was founded in 1955 by Professor Abramo Galassi who since then has always held the post of chairman of the board. In 1963 Faber produced the first extraction hood in Europe. Faber specializes in producing extraction hoods and is now present in 13 countries on 3 continents. Including Europe and North America. In North America the Faber hoods compete against premium brands like Fagor, Zephyr, Kobe, GE Monogram, and Wind Crest.
Faber is the self-titled EP by Canadian pop-punk band Faber Drive, released prior to their name change. Released in limited quantities, it is packaged in a black and white cardsleeve and features three tracks. The first two were eventually re-released on their debut album Seven Second Surgery in 2007. The third track, Cementhead, is only available on this release.
Faber is the Latin word for "smith". Like a few other Latin occupational names (e.g. Agricola for farmer, Nauta for sailor), it was adopted as a surname in the Low Countries and Germany. Notable people with the surname include:
- Armin Faber, German World War II pilot
- Ate Faber (1894–1962), Dutch fencer
- Basil Faber (1520–1576), Lutheran theologian
- Carla Faber (born 1971), Dutch art historian and politician
- Caroline Faber (born 1923), English peer, daughter of PM Harold Macmillan
- Dave Faber, singer and guitarist of Faber Drive
- David Faber (born 1926), Polish Holocaust survivor
- David A. Faber (born 1942), United States federal judge
- David Faber (born 1950), American master printer
- David Faber (born 1961), British schoolmaster, formerly a politician
- David Faber (born 1964), American market news analyst
- Denison Faber, 1st Baron Wittenham (1852–1931), British peer
- Donna Faber (born 1971), American tennis player
- Edmund Faber, 1st Baron Faber (1847–1920), British Conservative politician
- Emmanuel Faber (born 1964), French CEO
- Erik Faber (born 1977), Norwegian pop/rock singer-songwriter
- Ernest Faber (born 1971), Dutch footballer
- Erwin Faber (1891–1989), Austrian actor
- Eugeniusz Faber (born 1939), Polish footballer
- Felix Faber (1441–1502), Swiss/German Dominican theologian
- François Faber (1887–1915), Luxembourgian cyclist
- Frands Faber (1897–1933), Danish field hockey player
- Frédéric Théodore Faber (1782–1844), Belgian landscape and genre painter
- Frederick William Faber (1814–1863), British hymn writer and theologian
- Geke Faber (born 1952), Dutch politician
- Geoffrey Faber (1889–1961), British academic, publisher and poet, founder of Faber and Faber Limited
- Georg Faber (1877–1966), German mathematician
- George S. J. Faber, co-founder of British production company Company Pictures
- George Stanley Faber (1773–1854), Anglican theologian
- Giovanni Faber né Johann Faber (1574–1629), German papal doctor, botanist, and member of the Accademia dei Lincei
- Gordon Faber (1930–2014), American politician, in Oregon
- Heike Faber (born 1965), German actress
- Heinrich Faber (before 1500–1552), German music theorist, composer, and Kantor
- Horst Faber (born 1910s), German figure skater
- Jack Faber (1903–1994), American microbiologist and lacrosse coach
- Jacob Faber ( fl. 1516 – c. 1550), French artist and publisher (active in Switzerland), easily confused with:
- Jacob Faber Stapulensis (c. 1455 – c. 1536), French Renaissance humanist and theologian
- Jacob Faber of Deventer (1473 – c. 1517), Dutch Renaissance humanist
- Jared Faber, American musician, composer and producer
- Jelle Faber (1924–2004), Dutch-Canadian theologian
- Joachim Faber (born 1950), German lawyer and business executive
- Johann Faber (1478–1541), German Catholic theologian
- Johann Augustanus Faber (1470–1531), Swiss theologian
- Johann Faber of Heilbronn (1504–1558), German Catholic preacher
- John Faber Junior (1684–1756), Dutch portrait painter active in London
- John Faber Senior (c. 1660 – 1721), Dutch portrait engraver active in London
- John Eberhard Faber (1822–1879), German-born American pencil manufacturer
- Jules Faber, Australian cartoonist and illustrator
- Julian Faber (1917–2002), British insurance businessman
- Karl Faber (1773–1853), German historian
- Kaspar Faber (1730–1784), German founder of the stationery company Faber-Castell
- Keith Faber (born 1966), American (Ohio) politician
- Klaas Carel Faber (1922–2012), Dutch collaborator with the Nazis
- Leslie Faber (1879–1929), English stage actor
- Linda Faber (born 1960), Dutch freestyle swimmer
- Lo Faber (born 1966), American guitarist and songwriter
- Lykele Faber (1919–2009), Dutch commando and radio operator during World War II
- Marc Faber (born 1946), Swiss economist and investor
- Mark Faber (1950–1991), English cricketer
- Mary Faber (born 1979), American singer, actress, and dancer
- Matthew Faber, American television actor
- Matthias Faber (1586–1653), German Jesuist priest
- Michel Faber (born 1960), Dutch novelist
- Oscar Faber (1886–1956), British structural engineer
- Pamela Faber (born 1950), American/Spanish linguist
- Patrick Faber (born 1964), Dutch field hockey player
- Patrick Faber (born 1978), Belizean politician
- St. Peter Faber (1506–1546), co-founder of the Society of Jesus
- Peter Faber (1810–1877), Danish songwriter, photographer and telegraphy expert
- Peter Faber (born 1943), Dutch film and television actor
- Philip Faber (1564–1630), Italian Franciscan theologian and philosopher
- Phyllis M. Faber (born 1927), American botanist
- Pierre Faber (born 1978), German rugby union player
- Rasmus Faber (born 1979), Swedish DJ, pianist and music producer
- Red Faber (1888–1976), American baseball pitcher
- Roland Faber (born 1960), American theologian
- Sami Faber (born 1987), American ice hockey player
- Sandra M. Faber (born 1944), American astronomer
- Simon Faber (born 1968), German politician and mayor
- Steve Faber, American screenwriter
- Tobias Faber (1915–2010), Danish architect
- Urijah Faber (born 1979), American mixed martial arts fighter
- Vance Faber (born 1944), American mathematician
- Walter Vavasour Faber (1857–1928), English Conservative politician and soldier
- Wenzel Faber (1455–1518), Bohemian astronomer, astrologer and theologian
- William F. Faber, American Episcopalian bishop
- William F. Faber (Wisconsin) (1858-1951), American politician
Fictional characters:
- Jacky Faber, female protagonist in the novel Bloody Jack and its sequels
- Henry Faber, German spy in the Ken Follett novel Eye of the Needle
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Usage examples of "faber".
His friendship with Burgo Smyth, going back to Oxford days when Franklyn Faber had been an Oxford scholar, now what was the truth of that?
She needed to rush back to her flat, perhaps to find messages from Swain women, but also to go through the Burgo Smyth saga the Faber Case yet again.
The government, in order to cover up, needed to keep Burgo Smyth loyal and pour all the dirt on Faber.
Her mind leaping ahead, Jemima wondered why on earth Burgo Smyth would have wanted to kill Franklyn Faber.
But Franklyn Faber is a friend of Burgo Smyth, a close friend since Oxford days.
Supposing Burgo Smyth has been in cahoots with Franklyn Faber, for some reason unknown, but then betrays him and allows him to take all the blame?
Among the first pioneers of the later modern ink industry abroad, may be mentioned the names of Stephens, Arnold, Blackwood, Ribaucourt, Stark, Lewis, Runge, Leonhardi, Gafford, Bottger, Lipowitz, Geissler, Jahn, Van Moos, Ure, Schmidt, Haenle, Elsner, Bossin, Kindt, Trialle, Morrell, Cochrane, Antoine, Faber, Waterlous, Tarling, Hyde, Thacker, Mordan, Featherstone, Maurin, Triest and Draper.
The Lanyards were part Shawnee Indian, which made them better than the Fiddlers, who were part Quapaw, and better than the Fabers who were part Cherokee.
If you hear from Cindy Faber again, would you get her new address and call me?
Corrigan was too preoccupied with technical issues to pay much attention to background politics, but one day the company announced that Feller & Faber were coming in as cosponsors of Oz, which would be set up and run under a new, jointly owned corporation, "Xylog," dedicated to the project.
In a green turtle-neck sweater and medallion, Richard Faber looked like a champagne bottle.
Rubicon Beach FEDERMAN, RAYMOND - The Twofold Variations FOWLES, JOHN - A Maggot FRANZEN, JONATHAN - The Twenty-Seventh City FRISCH, MAX - Homo Faber.